What Is Christmas, Really?
Every year it comes up, the contention over the nature of Christmas. It’s an argument that seems never to end … unfortunately.On the one hand there are religionazis who claim there’s a war on Christmas...
View ArticleEaster a Pagan Holiday?
The religionists at World Net Daily have figured out that Easter is a pagan holiday. That’s right, a pagan holiday (locally cached page): “Easter” is such a pretty-sounding word, isn’t it? … It also...
View Article“The Religion Of Love” Reveals Its Nature After Nepal Earthquake
There’s nothing like a good disaster to get Christians talking about their faith. They’re happy to use awful events and use them for their own mercenary purposes. Usually they do this in the form of...
View ArticleWas Halloween Cancelled In Milford CT Public Schools?
Halloween is one of those odd things that most Americans don’t think much about, but a small number obsess over. It’s become a vast economic boon, being one of the most profitable retail holidays. It’s...
View ArticleYoga Can’t Be Called “Yoga” at a Catholic College
I’ve commented before on occasional Christianist hissy-fits and condemnations of yoga as a profane “pagan”/Hindu practice. As I’ve said on those occasions, it’s true that what we now call “yoga” did...
View ArticleAnother Christian Claims Yoga Is Un-Christian
Nearly eight years ago, I first blogged about Christianity and yoga — and how, supposedly, they’re at loggerheads. At that time, Southern Baptist theologian Al Mohler had come out against it as...
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